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1981 Berlin Marathon

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8th Berlin Marathon
VenueBerlin, West Germany
Date27 September
Champions
MenIan Ray (2:15:42)
WomenAngelika Stephan (2:47:24)
Wheelchair menGeorg Freund (2:08:44)
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The 1981 Berlin Marathon was the 8th running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, West Germany, held on 27 September. Great Britain's Ian Ray won the men's race in 2:15:42 hours, while the women's race was won by West Germany's Angelika Stephan in 2:47:24. Ray was the first non-West German winner of the race. A men's wheelchair race was held for the first time and was won by West German Georg Freund in 2:08:44. No women entered the wheelchair section. A total of 2567 runners finished the race, comprising 2418 men and 149 women.

Results

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Men

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ian Ray  United Kingdom 2:15:42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mick Hurd  United Kingdom 2:17:44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dave Clarke  United Kingdom 2:20:10
4 John Dimick  United States 2:20:46
5 Richard Umberg  Switzerland 2:21:55
6 John Robertshaw  West Germany 2:23:07
7 Bent Larsson  Denmark 2:23:25
8 Alessandro Rasello  Italy 2:24:02
9 Peter Alt  West Germany 2:24:51
10 John Bicourt  United Kingdom 2:25:13
11 Thorbjoern Larsen  Norway 2:25:15
12 Jodmund Rualquam  Norway 2:25:59
13 Peter Morawski  West Germany 2:26:11
14 Ingo Sensburg  West Germany 2:27:01
15 Andreas Jost  West Germany 2:28:36
16 Ray Maule  United Kingdom 2:28:44
17 Michael Heine  West Germany 2:29:59
18 Michael Weiss  West Germany 2:30:50
19 Risto Issakainen  Finland 2:31:59
20 Hagen Jaedicke  West Germany 2:32:38

Women

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angelika Stephan  West Germany 2:47:24
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gillian Castka  United Kingdom 2:50:45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liane Winter  West Germany 2:53:56
4 Catherina Bakker  Netherlands 2:54:39
5 Leslie Watson  United Kingdom 2:55:34
6 Jutta von Haase  West Germany 2:58:13
7 Monika Kuno  West Germany 2:57:30
8 Elisabeth Schuh  Venezuela 3:02:26
9 Elena Dugono  Italy 3:02:51
10 Eva-Marie Lehmann  West Germany 3:05:26

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